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What happens when a distant colonial power tries to tame an unfamiliar terrain in the world's largest tidal delta? This history, which spans from 1760 to 1920, demonstrates how colonial property law and hydraulic engineering transformed the ecology of the Bengal delta to drain Calcutta.

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Book category Books in English Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning The environment Environmental management

• Full title: Empire and Ecology in the Bengal Delta
• Author: Bhattacharyya, Debjani (Drexel University, Philadelphia)
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 257
• EAN: 9781108443340
• ISBN: 1108443346
• ID: 22513750
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 384 g
• Dimensions: 228 × 151 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 13. June 2019

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